Rabies Supplemental Information for Law Enforcement Officers. Topics . How do you know if you (or someone else) has been exposed to rabies? Quarantines: Dogs, Cats, and Ferrets Only Other mammals that expose humans Assisting with animal capture Animal rabies testing in Iowa

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If a local board of health receives information that an animal has bitten a person or that a dog or animal is suspected of having rabies, the board shall order the owner to confine such animal in the manner it directs.

If the owner fails to confine such animal in the manner directed, the animal shall be apprehended and impounded by such board, and after ten days the board may humanely destroy the animal.

If such animal is returned to its owner, the owner shall pay the cost of impoundment.

Local health and law enforcement officials shall enforce the provisions of sections 351.33 to 351.43 relating to vaccination and impoundment of dogs. Such public officials shall not be responsible for any accident or disease of a dog resulting from the enforcement of the provisions of said sections.

What if we don’t have the dog, cat, or ferret that has exposed a human, but think we will find it soon?

Generally, if the animal is not available for quarantine (for example a dog jumps the fence, bites the neighbor, and runs away) but you think it will be found and it can be positively identified as the animal that exposed the human, you can wait up to 72 hours from the time of the bite.

If you haven’t found the animal after 72 hours, usually rabies shots are recommended for the person exposed.

If the authority to mandate a 10 day quarantine falls to local boards of health, can local law enforcement be involved in enforcement of the quarantine?

Yes, according to Iowa Code Chapter 351. Local health and law enforcement officials shall enforce the provisions of sections 351.33 to 351.43 (this includes the confinement law) relating to vaccination and impoundment of dogs. Such public officials shall not be responsible for any accident or disease of a dog resulting from the enforcement of the provisions of said sections.